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[ClandestineTX]

I actually agree with your kinda-OBGYN friend, as sperm has to travel to get to the fallopian tube, so it's unlikely that sex even at the moment of ovulation would make it there and go through their process to make them able to fertilize it before the egg was no longer viable.

And HOW do you get that I'm pregnant??? I'm not even sure if I've ovulated yet!!!

Speaking of ovulation... here's my OPK series, labeled with the CD:

 

[txbiscuit]

Maybe your urine wasn't as concentrated yesterday afternoon? The one from today definitely looks most positive. I'd say the one from yesterday is an "almost positive" in comparison. Mine never got even close to that dark, but they were usually darker in the mornings than in the afternoons.

 

[Snackimals]

i think you're just picking up on the tail end of your surge.. but the 'main' event is a done deal.

your charts look like they typically go up at a steady increase the first few days after O. this time you just kinda shot up. so, my money is on Pregnant or you did something that got your temps up quick today... i guess only you know.

 

[Twag]

Great opk there clandestine I agree the sperm has to be up there to meet the egg but then saying that Moo I think only had sex on the day of O but I guess if you had sex on the day of O but say that was morning and then the egg popped out evening to could catch it I dunno tbh this is all massively confusing and I think it is the luck of the draw tbh

Ok so your chart I would say O was yesterday some ladies get +ve opk after O but considering you are like me and rarely get a +ve then I reckon your temps will confirm in the next few days but for now keep up with the if you can but you have done great so covered either way

 

[ClandestineTX]

Maybe your urine wasn't as concentrated yesterday afternoon? The one from today definitely looks most positive. I'd say the one from yesterday is an "almost positive" in comparison. Mine never got even close to that dark, but they were usually darker in the mornings than in the afternoons.

I do drink a ton of water, like I drink two cups of half-caff coffee (slowly and spaced out over the course of several hours) and then drink water all day the rest of the day - usually even with meals. I'm like you and Twag, where I rarely get a real positive OPK, which is why this morning was such a surprise, especially after my temp was so high.

i think you're just picking up on the tail end of your surge.. but the 'main' event is a done deal.

your charts look like they typically go up at a steady increase the first few days after O. this time you just kinda shot up. so, my money is on Pregnant or you did something that got your temps up quick today... i guess only you know.

I think you might be right - and I'm super glad that despite having taken a sleeping pill before we were requested to go visit our friends less than day old little one at the hospital and finding out about my great aunt (and coordinating my mom's travel)... we somehow still managed to get to business at 1 a.m. before passing out last night. And you are definitely right about my charts - I was expecting my temp to go up to 97.2-97.4 range, which is usually where it hangs out for a day or two before going up above 97.55 after ovulation, so I was first surprised that it was 97.60, then more surprised by the OPK, then when I saw yesterday's temp was 96.80, I was even more surprised/ confused.

I don't think the sleeping pill would have caused that temp rise, I occasionally take one for a day or two during the first half of my cycle (recently read sleep is critical to egg development) when I'm not sure I'm on a good, regular sleep schedule - especially if I get tired mid-day, which is what happened yesterday and why I took the pill last night. But it's at least the third one I've taken since this cycle started and usually the day after my temp is lower, because I was in a deeper sleep than I would have been otherwise! Just perplexing! But I hope you are right... especially since it seems we can't stop what feels like an endless string of deaths in our family, it would be amazing to be able to start planning for a new life.

 

[Twag]

I think the shot up is a good sign I think mine did that rather than its normal creep I do hope this is it FXd

 

[ClandestineTX]

@Twag: Dr. Google is agreeing with you and @Snackimals. My surge may have peaked yesterday, with ovulation at the same time - so I may be catching the tail of the surge on an OPK, and my temp registering the progesterone just overlapped it.

And for me - both the real positive OPK and the sharp temp shift... maybe, just maybe these are really good signs for this cycle! Maybe it was that baby dust that rubbed off on me last night, sitting around with the new little one?

 

[Twag]

Was for me my 1st real +ve opk and a proper temp shift FXd clandestine (and I got real baby dust as I met up with Anniepie just before this cycle )

 

[ClandestineTX]

I can't post the link because it's from another message forum (prohibited by BnB to link to) - but I can copy and paste the post and the link to the lady's chart who also had this happen (but if you look at the chart, she had a temp dip the day after... then a BFP in the same cycle):

Positive OPK same day as temp rise?

I used 3 OPKs yesterday at 11am, 7pm, and 11pm. All of them were negative. This morning my BBT made a good jump. I used another OPK around 11:00am today and it was positive. Does this mean I ovulated last night or I will ovulate today? I've never had this happen, usually I am a slow riser and have a day or 2 of positive OPKs before FF detects O.

Her chart: https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/24e7f2

 

[LillyTame]

All this OPK talk...well let me throw in my 2 cents

So took another OPK yesterday...smiley kind. Usually I do IC and usually I get one or 2 "is it positive yet"s, which is why I bought the smileys...to comfirm. Anyway, most instructions tell you to stop testing after your 1st positive because you CAN continue to get positives...but think of your peak starting at that first positive (if you tested often enough to catch the beginning and not the end). So anyway, I tested positive again yesterday (had OH do one too to make sure the thing wasn't broken lol). So now all my OPKs are done! No ICs, No more Smileys

Ok, so the point of all that was that the smiley confirmed I was peaking still two days in a row and I'm not used to that because I was only using ICs before. Basically, I'm going to stick to the recommended only test till you get a positive. If your temp doesnt start to rise again within 3 days then start testing again because the first rise could have been an attempt to release but it didnt happen, but if you keep testing and keep getting +'s your mind just starts to worry itself lol And if you follow the rule of BDing when you get that 1st postive plus two more days then you would cover the time that you aren't testing anyway.

 

[Ameli]

Yep, this last cycle I also had the smiley OPKs and I had a smiley one afternoon and again the next morning. I agree, I think you're at the tail end of your surge. Do it again today and tomorrow if you can.

 

[Twag]

Exciting so do we have 2 2ww starting soon?

 

[LillyTame]

Looks like 4 if I'm not mistaken, Twag: Me, Snack, Clandestine, & Mrs.JJ. Lamago is already there

 

[ClandestineTX]

@Lilly: you are right. I will try not to use the sole surviving OPK I have left... TRY... I will try not to use it this afternoon or tomorrow!

@Ameli: where there's a will, there's a way We will very likely get in a few more times, just because we can!

 

[Twag]

Cool lots of 2wwaiter lots of to you ladies

 

[Mrs. JJ]

Ohhhh Clandie, I'm excited for you... I haven't known Snacky for very long but she's pretty much right all the time! She's our very own gypsy woman!

 

[ClandestineTX]

Ironically, I have an eastern European gypsy bloodline... just don't ask me to read your fortune, as I don't think I got that gene!

 

[Mrs. JJ]

So we're gonna be SSSers? (Super Symptom Spotters)?

 

[ClandestineTX]

My boobs are already feeling fuller/ more sensitive. I think Snack and Twag were spot on about my OPK this morning being leftover surge. Still, for me, that was the most positive I've ever had on that brand.

I sure hope some of there's enough leftover from our BFP sisters!

 

[LillyTame]

So we're gonna be SSSers? (Super Symptom Spotters)?

Yep, I'm down to SS! I don't think I'm as hardcore though, as Clandestine sounds I tend to downgrade everything instead of building it up...and I guess with good reason, seeing as how I've never had a BFP. But I'm feeling the PMA (or will be more so once I confirm OV) so let's go for it!